Sofia Somewhere

Bright and early at 8:30 next morning, we hopped on the bus to Segovia. It was 2.5 hours with a change of bus in Ávila. In our less than half an hour in Ávila it was so cold, so when we reached Segovia, we were happy to be blessed with such sunny weather again. First thing on our agenda was finding the Cathedral since we wanted to catch mass at 12:30. We found it without much difficulty, and since we still had an hour to spare, we decided to have breakfast at the terrace of one of the cafés in Plaza Mayor. We sipped our coffees and ate our tostadas with tomate , all the while taking in the view of the Cathedral. The Cathedral is free to visit on Sundays from 9:30-1:15 (and celebrates mass at 11:00 and 12:30). After hearing mass, we walked around the Cathedral. It was another beautiful one, and again, I was awed by the columns, vaults, and ceilings. The main altar Vaults Windows Ceilings Our next stop was the Real Alcazar . This castle is supposedly one o...

This morning, Bel met us at the apartment before we headed off to Segovia. She told us that we had to leave a bit earlier because we had to find a place to print out our bus tickets. But as we were getting ready to go, Bel couldn't find her usb. She looked all over but to no avail. So we had to go online, find the tickets in her email, then I had to transfer them to my phone. This took up a good deal of our time so we hurriedly rushed out of the apartment. Then as we were walking to the metro stop, Bel finds her usb in some secret pocket in her jeans. (Pla pla talaga.) But anyway, we rushed and took the metro to the bus station. When we got there, we were able to talk to the vendor and he printed out our bus tickets for us. We boarded the bus and were on our way to Segovia. We were expecting the bus ride to be two and a half hours, but for some reason it only took us about an hour and ten minutes to get there! Maybe because it's a holiday and there was no traffic? Segovia...